Van handboog en pijl (Tieck, set by Johannes Brahms) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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by Johann Ludwig Tieck (1773 - 1853)

Translation © by Lau Kanen

Traun! Bogen und Pfeil

Language: German (Deutsch)

Available translation(s): DUT ENG FRE ITA TUR

Traun! Bogen und Pfeil
Sind gut für den Feind,
Hülflos alleweil
Der Elende weint;
Dem Edlen blüht Heil,
Wo Sonne nur scheint,
Die Felsen sind steil,
Doch Glück ist sein Freund.

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Authorship

by Johann Ludwig Tieck (1773 - 1853), no title, appears in Liebesgeschichte der schönen Magelone und des Grafen Peter von Provence, no. 3, chapter heading: "Wie der Ritter Peter von seinen Eltern zog" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Traun! Bogen und Pfeil", op. 33 no. 2 (1861-65), published 1865 [voice and piano], from Die schöne Magelone. Romanzen aus L. Tiecks Magelone, no. 2, Winterthur, Rieter-Biedermann [
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Emily Ezust) , title 1: "Verily! Bow and arrow", copyright ©
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , title 1: "Invero! Arco e freccia", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , title 1: "Van handboog en pijl", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
TUR Turkish (Türkçe) (Gül Sabar) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:01:52
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Van handboog en pijl

Language: Dutch (Nederlands) after the German (Deutsch)

Van handboog en pijl
Heeft de¹ vijand profijt.
Hulploos onderwijl
De machtloze schreit.
De noob'le vindt heil
Waar 't zonlicht hem dient,
De rotsen zijn steil,
Maar geluk² is zijn vriend.

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¹ Heeft de: te zingen op twee achtsten
² Maar ge-: te zingen op twee achtsten

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Singable translation from German (Deutsch) to Dutch (Nederlands) copyright © 2015 by Lau Kanen, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Ludwig Tieck (1773 - 1853), no title, appears in Liebesgeschichte der schönen Magelone und des Grafen Peter von Provence, no. 3, chapter heading: "Wie der Ritter Peter von seinen Eltern zog"

Text added to the website: 2015-10-03 00:00:00
Last modified: 2015-10-03 13:02:22
Line count: 8
Word count: 31